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A26614	Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.	A letter from the Lord General Monck and the officers here, to the several and respective regiments and other forces in England, Scotland, and Ireland	1659.0		.xml	application/xml	1200	33	50	Dear Brethren and Fellow-Souldiers , YOu cannot be ignorant of the many endeavours and earnest desires of many good men in these Nations , to bring us to a Settlement , which it hath pleased God to disappoint unto this day , and leave us as a broken and divided People , ready to run into blood and confusion ; which that we might prevent so great calamities impending , after our earnest seeking God for his Direction and Assistance , we finde no expedient so likely for the satisfaction of the good people , and the quiet and welfare of this Commonwealth , as the re-admission of the Secluded Members , in order to a Legal Dissolution of this Parliament by their own free consents , and to issue Writs for a future Full Representative of the whole Commonwealth of England , Scotland , and Ireland , under such Qualifications as may secure our Cause , to convene on the twentieth day of April next at Westminster , for the establishing of this Commonwealth upon the Foundations of Justice and true Freedom , and to take away all just jealousies from you , we do assure you , that we shall joyn with you in the maintenance of those ends expressed in the enclosed , and do expect your cheerful concurrence with us ; and we desire to take God to Witness , that we have no Intentions or Purposes , to return to our old Bondage ; but since the Providence of God hath made us free at the Cost of so much blood , we hope we shall never be found so unfaithful to God and his People , as to lose so glorious a Cause ; But we do resolve with the Assistance of God , to adhere to you in the continuing of our Dear Purchased Liberties , both Spiritual and Civil . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A26614 of text R232497 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A857).	cache/A26614.xml	txt/A26614.txt
